Quantico base housing?

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Does anyone have any experience living on base in Quantico? DH and I will be relocating there in August for him to attend TBS, and we're considering living on base, just so his commute can be as short/easy as possible, and because finding a place that allows two dogs with a fenced in yard nearby is tough! He'll be an officer, and we looked online and the housing LOOKS nice and like it's everything we need, but we all know looks can be deceiving

Also, my understanding about base housing is that all basic utilities are included (water, electric, etc) but that things like cable/internet are not, correct?

To answer your general question about utilities, it depends on whether or not base housing is privatized and which company runs it if so.

Our base housing is through Balfour Beatty, but we won't have a water and electric allowance for a few years so they can track usage. At Kirtland (also privatized) you were given an allowance of electricity and water. If you went over you paid the difference, but if you were under you got a check for the difference

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Did you end up moving with him to TBS? My husband might (hopefully) be moving there in a year for training, and we have been discussing whether DS and I will go with him or stay near my parents, since I hear they are in the field a lot.

Did you end up moving with him to TBS? My husband might (hopefully) be moving there in a year for training, and we have been discussing whether DS and I will go with him or stay near my parents, since I hear they are in the field a lot.

Did you end up moving with him to TBS? My husband might (hopefully) be moving there in a year for training, and we have been discussing whether DS and I will go with him or stay near my parents, since I hear they are in the field a lot.

Yep! We're here, and I'm glad. He's off every weekend and depending on the day, can get home anywhere from 5 to 9 when he's not in the field. He'll be in the field 4 or 5 nights this month? Not too bad. And the spouses are all pretty nice. We hang out a lot. I'd recommend coming. Know that the first week and range week will be the worst, schedule wise, but once you get on a routine it really isn't bad.

maybe. It wouldn't be for another 14 months, but maybe! I really hope he's selected. He will be a very competitive applicant, but it's a very competitive board. I'm already fantasizing about leaving Okinawa a year early.

Originally Posted by JaneSays

Yep! We're here, and I'm glad. He's off every weekend and depending on the day, can get home anywhere from 5 to 9 when he's not in the field. He'll be in the field 4 or 5 nights this month? Not too bad. And the spouses are all pretty nice. We hang out a lot. I'd recommend coming. Know that the first week and range week will be the worst, schedule wise, but once you get on a routine it really isn't bad.

That's not bad! He would be in Warrant Officer School, which is a condensed version of commissioned officer OCS, and then WIOC school, so we'd be there a total of 8 months. We could save a lot of money, and I could finish up the last three psychology classes I need to apply for PhD programs, if we lived with my parents in GA. And they could help with the baby (ahem, toddler by then). However, I don't want my DS to be gone from his dad that long if he doesn't have to be. I figured they were in the field more than that, and he's be gone ALL THE TIME. This is great to hear! Thank you!

my husband works at OCS. I don't know anything about housing but it looks nice when we drive by

I have island fever so badly that I'm already planning our return in a year and making plans for every duty station possibility, and we don't even know if he will be selected. If he's NOT selected on the board this year, we still have 2 more years in Japan.

Now, I'm going to look up Quantico housing. I could clean while the baby naps, or I could troll the internet and dream about the future and life CONUS…. and that sounds much more fun!

Well, not to rain on the parade, but OCS and TBS are two different beasts. OCS was basically in the field the whole time. He would be secured for like, 36 hours of libbo on the weekends. He did the 10 week OCS and it sucked, but we were only dating then. He didn't even get his phone on the weekend for the first 3 weeks. After the first 3 weeks they get liberty on the weekends only but that's it.

TBS is the 6 month officer school they do after OCS and comissioning. I'm guessing his school after OCS would be similar-ish to TBS as far as the freedom and quality of life type stuff. I'm with you, I wouldn't want DH and DS to be apart longer than they'd have to be. Could you do a class or two during OCS since you wouldn't see him anyway and then be here for the other school?

Well, not to rain on the parade, but OCS and TBS are two different beasts. OCS was basically in the field the whole time. He would be secured for like, 36 hours of libbo on the weekends. He did the 10 week OCS and it sucked, but we were only dating then. He didn't even get his phone on the weekend for the first 3 weeks. After the first 3 weeks they get liberty on the weekends only but that's it.

TBS is the 6 month officer school they do after OCS and comissioning. I'm guessing his school after OCS would be similar-ish to TBS as far as the freedom and quality of life type stuff. I'm with you, I wouldn't want DH and DS to be apart longer than they'd have to be. Could you do a class or two during OCS since you wouldn't see him anyway and then be here for the other school?

CWOs are not commissioned, so no OCS, thank goodness. He would do Warrant Officer Basic Course (aka "India Company" at TBS, http://www.mcrc.marines.mil/Portals/...on%20Dates.pdf), which is a shortened version (16 weeks) of TBS. He would show up on day one and do the weigh in/PFT, and then pin on CWO-2 on day 2 of WOBC. The day he graduates WOBC, he would go across the street and check into WIOC for another 4 months.

He just told me he knows a couple gunners starting the course this January, so hopefully we can get a better idea from them! Soooooo many things to consider.

I just saw I put OCS in my previous post. I meant TBS. Whoops! I've significantly muddled this thread.